Bengaluru's C Muniyappa shot seven-under 65 to finish second on a windy day, with sun and clouds playing hide and seek.
Another golfer M Dharma of Bengaluru and Rajeev Kumar Jatiwal of Chandigarh jointly slipped to third place.
Mani Ram, who is currently ranked 13th in the PGTI rankings, started his birdie run on the third hole, followed by a long conversion on the fourth and a tap-in on the sixth thanks to an accurate approach. He then moved up the leaderboard with three more birdies on the eighth, ninth and 10th holes.
The 42-year-old, a three-time winner on the PGTI Feeder Tour, Mani Ram's lone bogey on the 11th was an unusual thing as he came back roaring with a chip-in for birdie on the 13th and eagle and birdie on the next.The two holes where he had left themselves were within five feet.
He saved par with a 30-foot conversion on the 16th hole, but missed birdie by five feet on the 18th hole, breaking the course record of 62 jointly set by Thailand's Chapchai Nirat and India's Anirban Lahiri in 2009. Could match.
"I couldn't have asked for a better start. This is the best score of my career. My confidence is sky high because of my good hitting form this season.The putting has been a little up and down, but my putter was still hot today. After my third birdie of the day on the sixth I felt like I could really push today and the rest of the day went according to plan and that helped me achieve T63.
"I feel good about my game this year and that's evident by my two top-10 finishes. The fact that I missed the cut in the last two events doesn't worry me too much because I know It was good that my game was trending,” Maniram said.
C Muniyappa's 65 was an error-free round as he made five birdies on the back-nine followed by two more on the front-nine.Rajeev Kumar Jatiwal and M Dharma shot 66 rounds which were bogey-free efforts.
Another golfer M Dharma of Bengaluru and Rajeev Kumar Jatiwal of Chandigarh jointly slipped to third place.
Mani Ram, who is currently ranked 13th in the PGTI rankings, started his birdie run on the third hole, followed by a long conversion on the fourth and a tap-in on the sixth thanks to an accurate approach. He then moved up the leaderboard with three more birdies on the eighth, ninth and 10th holes.
The 42-year-old, a three-time winner on the PGTI Feeder Tour, Mani Ram's lone bogey on the 11th was an unusual thing as he came back roaring with a chip-in for birdie on the 13th and eagle and birdie on the next.The two holes where he had left themselves were within five feet.
He saved par with a 30-foot conversion on the 16th hole, but missed birdie by five feet on the 18th hole, breaking the course record of 62 jointly set by Thailand's Chapchai Nirat and India's Anirban Lahiri in 2009. Could match.
"I couldn't have asked for a better start. This is the best score of my career. My confidence is sky high because of my good hitting form this season.The putting has been a little up and down, but my putter was still hot today. After my third birdie of the day on the sixth I felt like I could really push today and the rest of the day went according to plan and that helped me achieve T63.
"I feel good about my game this year and that's evident by my two top-10 finishes. The fact that I missed the cut in the last two events doesn't worry me too much because I know It was good that my game was trending,” Maniram said.
C Muniyappa's 65 was an error-free round as he made five birdies on the back-nine followed by two more on the front-nine.Rajeev Kumar Jatiwal and M Dharma shot 66 rounds which were bogey-free efforts.
